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Bank of the Seine (1887)-full by Vincent van Gogh
Bank of the Seine (1887)-full by Vincent van Gogh
Bank of the Seine (1887)-frame by Vincent van Gogh
Bank of the Seine (1887)-d1 by Vincent van Gogh

Bank of the Seine

Vincent van Gogh
Artist Vincent van Gogh
Date 1887
Medium Oil on canvas
Collection Van Gogh Museum

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About the Artist

Vincent van Gogh
Vincent van Gogh
Dutch (1853–1890)
Dutch post-Impressionist painter Vincent van Gogh, born in Zundert, Netherlands, revolutionized modern art with his emotive brushwork and vivid color palettes. Despite a turbulent life marked by mental illness and poverty, he produced over 2,000 artworks, including masterpieces like The Starry Night and Sunflowers. His career began in earnest at age 27 after abandoning earlier pursuits in art dealing and religious ministry. Van Gogh’s work, initially dismissed as chaotic, later became foundational to Expressionism and Fauvism. He died by suicide at 37, leaving a legacy that reshaped 20th-century art.

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Bank of the Seine (1887)-palette by Vincent van Gogh

Artwork Story

Vincent van Gogh’s Bank of the Seine (1887) captures the quiet beauty of the river with restless energy. Thick, swirling brushstrokes animate the water, while patches of vibrant green and blue suggest shifting light. A lone boat drifts near the shore, dwarfed by the vastness of nature. Van Gogh painted this during his Paris period, experimenting with brighter colors and looser techniques—his signature intensity already simmering beneath the surface.

The scene feels alive, almost trembling. Trees lean as if caught in a breeze, their reflections fracturing in the choppy water. Unlike his later, more explosive works, this piece hums with a quieter tension. You can almost sense van Gogh wrestling with the landscape, trying to pin down its fleeting moods before they slip away.

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